October 2011: A report prepared for the Bushmeat Liaison Group of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) concludes that resolving the crisis in harvesting bushmeat is possible if governments combine new management models, including community-based management, game ranching and hunting tourism, with new mechanisms for monitoring and law enforcement.

October 2011: In view of the 15th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 15) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the CBD Secretariat has published a report containing the abstracts of posters to be presented, with focus on the contribution of ecosystem restoration to the objectives of the CBD and a healthy planet for all.

25 October 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has invited CBD parties to submit views and case studies on the integration of biodiversity into climate-change-related activities, to be compiled for submission to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) through reporting on the Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change (NWP), and other relevant means.

November 2011: Published by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the November issue of the Aichi Targets Newsletter includes several articles on regional and national processes for the revision of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs), among other topics.

31 October 2011: The seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) opened in Montreal, Canada, on Monday, 31 October 2011.

27 October 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has circulated the submissions received to date on proposed new and emerging issues for possible consideration by the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA), and has invited comments on the submissions.

October 2011: The third issue of Satoyama, a newsletter published by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), includes several articles authored by high-level officials on issues including the UN Decade on Biodiversity, green growth and regional and national action for biodiversity.

Organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in collaboration with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the African Sub-Regional Workshop to Strengthen Capacity for the CBD Programmes of Work relevant to Invasive Alien Species aims to build capacity to address the cross-cutting issue of invasive alien species and contribute to the fulfillment of Aichi Biodiversity Target 9 in Africa.

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